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1975 Bill Champion
In 1975, Ricky's brother, Al Rudd, was working with Bill Champion's team when he heard Bill was looking to retire. Al told Bill that little brother Ricky was a real good race driver and that Bill should give him a chance. Ricky drove 4 races in 1975, with a best finish of 11th at Rockingham
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1976-78, 1980 Al Rudd Auto
Ricky ran 4 races in 76, posting one top 10 that year.
25 races with 10 top 10 finishes in 77 earned him Rookie of theYear honors.
Owner: Al Rudd Sr |
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1979 Truxmore
For 1979 Rudd got the seat of Junie Donlavey's Mercury, and in 28 starts, his highest number since 1977's 25, Rudd had a productive year, finishing fifth at Pocono, third at Talladega, third at Richmond, and fifth at North Wilkesboro.
Owner:Junie Donlavey
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1980 Sanyo
For 1980 along with the #22 and D.K. Ulrich's #40, Rudd drove Nelson Malloch's #7 car at the Firecracker
400 and finished 13th, and drove the Malloch #7 in six subsequent races, with a best finish of tenth at Pocono.
Owner: Nelson Malloch
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1981 Gatorade
1981 DiGard Racing - #88 Olds-Sponsor was Gatorade – (make of car varied from race to race. Olds on super speedways, also used a lot of Buicks)
Owner: Bill Gardner
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1982-83 Piedmont
Consistent top ten performances caught the attention of Richard Childress. Ricky signed to drive for Childress in 1982. In June of 1983, a win at Riverside (6/5/83) gave Rudd his first win on the circuit. He won once more in 1983 at Martinsville (9/25/83).
Owner: Richard Childress
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1983 Emanuel Zervakis #01
Rudd won his first and only race at Dover Downs Raceway in 1983 driving a Zervakis built racecar. In fact many of today's top drivers got their starts in Zervakis Busch and Winston Cup cars including: Geoffrey Bodine, Mark Martin and Dale Jarrett.
Owner: Emanuel Zervakis
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1984 Wrangler
his 4 years with Bud Moore he won 6 races; Richmond (2/26/84), Riverside (11/17/85), Martinsville (4/27/86), Atlanta (3/15/87)and Dover (9/14/86 and Dover 9/20/87).
Owner: Bud Moore
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1985 Motorcraft Ricky had twelve top five finishes during the season but did not win until the season finale at Riverside. He wound up sixth in 1985 points
Owner: Bud Moore
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1986 Motor Craft
Won at Martinsville after he led the final 149 laps. Won at the Delaware 500 lost a lap after 122 laps. He fought back, made up the lap a hundred miles later, and led
most of the remaining 154 laps. The Delaware 500 was Rudd's first superspeedway win
Owner: Bud Moore
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1987 Motorcraft
1987 saw a slight dip in results, as the Bud Moore Ford struggled
more than the previous year, but Rudd pounced when Dale Earnhardt
lost power and won the Atlanta 500, then at Dover he notified Bud
Moore that he would move to another team for 1988, and the next
day mopped up the field for an easy win.
Owner: Bud Moore
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1988 Quaker State
2 years at King Enterprises produced victories at Watkins Glen (8/14/88) and Sonoma (6/11/89).
Owner: Kenny Bernstein
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1989 Quakerstate
Owner: Kenny Bernstein
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1990 Levi Garrett
1990 was the year Rudd signed with Hendrick Motorsports. In his 4 years at Hendrick he won 4 races; Watkins Glen (8/12/90), Darlington (4/7/91), Dover (9/20/92) and Michigan (6/20/93). It was at this race in Michigan, The Miller Genuine Draft 400, that Rudd announced he would be leaving Hendrick Motorsports at the end of the year to form his own team, Rudd Performance Motorsports. He also announced that Tide, his sponsor at Hendrick, would join him, ending a 7 year relationship with Hendrick Motorsports.
Owner: Rick Hendrick
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1991 Tide
Owner: Rick Hendrick
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1992 Tide
Owner: Rick Hendrick
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1993 Tide
Owner: Rick Hendrick
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1994 Tide
A perennial top 10 performer with several teams, Ricky decided to field his race team in 1994 under the name of Rudd Performance Motorsports (RPM)
He won at New Hampshire and finished fifth in 1994 points with the NHIS win and fourteen other top tens
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1994 Tide
Owner: Ricky Rudd
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1995 Tide
Owner: Ricky Rudd
Won at Phoenix and nine other top fives. Finished ninth in points.
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1996 Tide
Won at Rockingham by skipping a late tire change on the recently-repaved surface - his pit stops that day were so slow that crew chief Richard Broome benched his two tire changers and used Derrike Cope's
Owner: Ricky Rudd
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1997 Tide
1997 appeared to be his breakout season with a win at Dover and then victory at Indianapolis, but from
the Brickyard on Rudd's finishes deteriorated, and he finished 17th in points.
Owner: Ricky Rudd
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1998 Tide
1998 was even worse with only four top tens to go with a single top five -
but that top five was the most heroic win of his career,
shunning a relief driver despite brutal heat at Martinsville -
so bad was the heat that Rudd had to be laid down in victory lane.
Owner: Ricky Rudd
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1999 Tide
1999 came the start of his salvation - Robert Yates hired him for the #28 team for 2000 and absorbed Rudd's equipment and some of his crew,
including new crew chief Michael McSwain
Owner: Ricky Rudd
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2000 Havoline
On September 13, 1999, after months of speculation, Robert Yates announced signing Ricky Rudd to a deal to pilot the famed #28 Texaco Havoline Ford at the end of the 1999 season. It was also announced that Texaco Havoline had extended their agreement with RYR through 2004 and that the real estate assets of Rudd Performance Motorsports, in Mooresville, NC, had been purchased to house the 28 team. The remaining assets of RPM were sold at an auction conducted at the close of the 1999 season.
On September 13, 1999, after months of speculation, Robert Yates announced signing Ricky Rudd to a deal to pilot the famed #28 Texaco Havoline Ford at the end of the 1999 season. It was also announced that Texaco Havoline had extended their agreement with RYR through 2004 and that the real estate assets of Rudd Performance Motorsports, in Mooresville, NC, had been purchased to house the 28 team. The remaining assets of RPM were sold at an auction conducted at the close of the 1999 season.
Owner: Robert Yates
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2000 Havoline / Marines = Ran at the Coca Cola 600
Owner: Robert Yates
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2001 Memorial
This Memorial car is decorated with the U.S. flag on the hood to pay tribute to the terrorist attack against our nation on September 11th. Ricky and Dale Jarrett both ran a similar paint scheme
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2001 Need For Speed
Owner: Robert Yates
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2001 Bud Shootout
Owner: Robert Yates
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2000-01 Havoline / Texaco
Rudd made a bid for the title in 2001, out dueling the
field to win at Pocono, then returning a Kevin Harvick shot to win at Richmond, but a late-season collapse dropped him to fourth in points.
Owner: Robert Yates
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New 2002 Havoline Colors
Sears Point - Rudd won NASCAR's first road course race of the 2002 season
when Nadeau, driving on a one-race deal with Petty Enterprises
and leading by about five seconds, lost the rear-end gear in the No. 44
Dodge with just more than two laps to go.
Owner: Robert Yates
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New 2002 Havoline Colors 2
Owner: Robert Yates
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Ironman
Ricky Rudd became the "Ironman" with his 656th consecutive
start in the Coca-Cola 600 race in Charlotte
Owner: Robert Yates
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The Great Gonzo - JOLIET, Ill. (July 14, 2002) --- - When the NASCAR Winston Cup Series
rolled into Chicagoland Speedway for the Tropicana 400,
Ricky Rudd had some added help aboard the No. 28 Havoline Ford.
As a salute to The Muppet Show's tm 25th Anniversary,
Rudd had The Great Gonzo tm painted on the hood and side of his car.
Owner: Robert Yates
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2003 #21 Motorcraft / Air Force
Ricky Rudd announced that he will be driving the Wood Brothers’ #21 Motorcraft Quality Parts Taurus during the 2003 Winston Cup season
Diecast Info !
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2003 Ford 100th Anniversary Paint Scheme
2003 Bud Shootout
Diecast Info!
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2003 Centennial of Flight Paint Scheme.
The new paint scheme will be showcased during the Coca-Cola 600, May 25 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC honoring the 100th anniversary of powered flight. The Jay M. Robinson High School hosted the Air Force/ Motorcraft portion of the Lowe's Motor Speedway Media Tour.
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2003 Air Force Paint Scheme.
Will run at Watkins Glen in August ,
Dover in September and Atlanta in October
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2003 - 700 Consecutive Paint Scheme logo.
RUDD’S 700TH CONSECUTIVE START CAR DESIGN, A GIFT FROM SON LANDON - Ricky Rudd reaches
a milestone in NASCAR racing at Pocono Raceway on July 27, 2003 in the Pennsylvania 500. He will be making his 700th Consecutive Winston Cup start
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2003 Rent A Center Scheme.
Ran at the Brickyard 400, IMS and UAW-GM Quality 500 , Lowe's Motor Speedway
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2004 Scheme.
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2004 Air Force Paint Scheme.
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2004 Rent-A-Center -
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2004 Keep it Genuine Scheme
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2004 Wonder Woman - Ricky Rudd and the Justice League are teaming up at the GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 22nd 2004. Ricky Rudd’s #21 car will feature Justice League character "Wonder Woman”.
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2004 - Special Coca-Cola Scheme
Will supposedly run at Daytona in July
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2005 - Motorcraft - Ford Parts and Service.
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2005 2005 Rent-A-Center -
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2005 Air Force Paint Scheme.
Owner: Wood Brothers
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2006 Powerade / Home Depot Chevy
June 4th - 2006, Neighborhood Excellence 400- Ricky Subbed For An Injured Tony Stewart
Owner:Joe Gibbs Racing
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2007 Snickers Ford
Flames !!!
Owner:Robert Yates
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2007 Pedigree
Bristol - Car of Tomorrow
Info Here
Owner:Robert Yates
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2007 Snickers Dark
Purple Flames !
Owner:Robert Yates
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2007 M&M's Halloween
Owner:Robert Yates
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2007 Snickers Max
900 Starts !
Owner:Robert Yates
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2007 Combos
Owner:Robert Yates
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The Photo Collection of Ken Storbeck
